NASA is considering purchasing one space in the "Soyuz MS-17," which will fly to the International space station in October 2020, among astronauts selected the most likely candidate, said Last news, one of participants of negotiations at the 70th international Astronautical Congress in the US capital.
on the first day of the week the administrator of NASA Jim Breidenstein said that the conclusion on whether to provide assistance is the US with the delivery of astronauts to the ISS in 2020 if they are not prepared fresh American ships, remains with Russia. He added that Competent Russian and American space industries have already discussed the possibility of allocating US space in the " Union ".
head of the Department said that the acquisition of the space vehicle, the Launch of which is planned on 14 October 2020, will enable NASA to provide the stay on the ISS for at least one astronaut until the spring of 2021. Currently, the crew of "Soyuz MS-17" included citizens of Russia Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner. Third place as long as it is vacant.
According to the interlocutor, in the form most likely candidate for a flight on "Soyuz MS-17" is regarded NASA astronaut Steven Bowen. Not so long ago He completed a course of flight training at the Russian ships and for the rest of the year you can have time to prepare it as a full-fledged crew member.
at the end of September, Breidenstein in interview of si-EN-EN said that due to permanent delays in the first launches of the new American ships with crews to the Agency, most likely, supposed to buy additional seats on the Soyuz spacecraft in 2020, to provide the presence of its astronauts to the ISS.
in early October, some media referring to the Executive Director of the Russian space Agency for manned spaceflight Sergei Krikalev said that the crew of "Soyuz MS-17" for the first time in the history of missions to the ISS will consist of Russian cosmonauts, but if necessary one of them may be replaced by an astronaut.
Now recently NASA acquired the place - on the ship "Soyuz MS-16" starting in the spring of 2020. It will provide a stay on the ISS for at least one astronaut until the fall of the coming year. In the future the United States is supposed to deliver astronauts to the station on the new ships Dragon and Cockpit, the launch of which was postponed many times.
in 2011, was decommissioned by the American reusable manned space transportation system Space Shuttle. The crew then delivered to the ISS only Russian " Soyuz ".
in the United States to send astronauts to the station, fresh designed manned spacecraft: Crew Dragon company SpaceX and Cockpit - the Boeing firm.
in March, the Crew Dragon made 1st unmanned test flight to the ISS. The launch station of the first ship Cockpit without a crew is scheduled for December 17.
in early October, the General Director of the Russian space Agency, Dmitry Rogozin, said that the ships Crew Dragon and Cockpit for the first time will fly crews to ISS in 2020. In the 1st Crew Dragon crew consists of NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley in 1st Cockpit crew - NASA astronauts Michael Fincke and Nicole Aunapu Mann and Boeing astronaut Christopher Ferguson.
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